
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility, Palmdale, California

X-34. Specific technologies built into the vehicle include composite structures, composite reusable propellant fuel tanks, an advanced thermal protection system,…

This is the X-34 Technology Testbed Demonstrator being mated with the L-1011 mothership.

The XV-15 Tiltrotor ships #1 and #2 parked on the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center ramp.

This artist’s rendering depicts the Rockwell International X-33 technology demonstrator.

This artist’s rendering depicts the McDonnell Douglas X-33 proposal.

This artist’s rendering depicts the Lockheed Martin X-33.

This artist’s rendering depicts the NASA/Lockheed Martin X-33 technology demonstrator for a Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) at high…

Steve Ishmael flies a simulation of the X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.